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Ricardo Lagos

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Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile (2000-2006) and UN Special Envoy for Climate Change (2008-2010), is President of the Fundación Democracia y Desarrollo and a member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. He is currently Professor at Large at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

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A Green Alliance With Europe
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A Green Alliance With Europe

Jun 5, 2015 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva & Ricardo Lagos call for a bold new partnership ahead of next week’s Latin America-EU summit in Brussels.

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Latin America’s Climate Vanguard
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Latin America’s Climate Vanguard

Nov 3, 2014 Ricardo Lagos argues that Latin America can lead in fighting climate change while delivering prosperity.

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Chile in the Streets
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Chile in the Streets

Jun 4, 2012 Ricardo Lagos

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The Way Ahead on Climate Change

The Way Ahead on Climate Change

Dec 9, 2008 Gro Harlem Brundtland, et al.

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Auschwitz in Jerusalem
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Auschwitz in Jerusalem

Mark Leonard worries that the Holocaust's universalist message is being reshaped for a nationalist age.

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The Next Big Development Challenge
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The Next Big Development Challenge

Arvind Subramanian & Josh Felman argue that emerging-market policymakers should not rely on Western approaches to reviving growth.

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How to Prevent the Japanification of East Asia’s Economies
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How to Prevent the Japanification of East Asia’s Economies

Lee Jong-Wha urges governments to enact sweeping structural reforms to avoid long-term economic stagnation.

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Crumbling Infrastructure – or Crumbling Cliché?
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Crumbling Infrastructure – or Crumbling Cliché?

Todd G. Buchholz thinks the right question is whether more goods and services are being delivered on time than in the past.

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Net-Zero at Davos Sustainability Now
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Net-Zero at Davos

Jules Kortenhorst hopes the global business community will heed the World Economic Forum's call to climate action.

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Teaching Old Markets New Tricks PS OnPoint
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Teaching Old Markets New Tricks

Preston McAfee & Simon Wilkie show how applied economics can be used to improve outcomes in everything from school matching to crowd control.

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How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win PS OnPoint
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How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win

George Soros

Open societies have not always needed defending in the determined way that they do today. But the tide turned against them after the 2008 global financial crisis, and, more than a decade later, the threat posed by authoritarian nationalism continues to rise.

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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession
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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession

Brahma Chellaney criticizes US President Donald Trump for perpetuating one of America's most self-defeating habits.

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